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Post by Smorkle on May 26, 2010 5:02:39 GMT -6
Well, the ride I was on when it died was about an hour and a half ride, most of it being at 45-55MPH. I'll let it go for a while and see how it acts. If it happens again I'll start digging into it more.
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Post by Smorkle on May 25, 2010 20:26:32 GMT -6
Last night I put the trickle charger on the battery and it was fully charged tonight when I went to look at it.
I got myself a DC tester tonight and put it on the battery while the scooter was running. 13.7VDC while not running, 14.0VDC when running with high beam and extra fans on, 15.1VDC while running with fans off and low beam on. I could rev it up to about 3000 RPM and get it almost to 16VDC but at idle it was as stated above.
What do you think? Sat too long and didn't get a good charge while riding? or maybe something needs to be messed with?
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Post by Smorkle on May 24, 2010 18:17:44 GMT -6
I was out for a ride today for the first time in over a month and I came to a stop sign and the engine died. It does that sometimes, but that's another issue. I didn't have enough power to start it back up. I called my girlfriend to come get me and we took the battery to Auto Zone nearby and they said the battery was perfectly good (original battery that came with the bike 2 yrs ago) it just needed charged.
Now:
I added some computer fans that run full time like JR suggested, but I think the problem may lie with the charging system. At this point I have done nothing towards a remedy. I don't even really know how to go about checking the stator to see if is working properly or not. Also I think the rectifier could be in the mix as a possible candidate.
Anyone have any ideas about where to start looking?
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Post by Smorkle on May 5, 2010 15:41:00 GMT -6
Sounds like a classic case of "time to adjust the valves." Also you might want to check the carburetor and make sure the needle isn't sticking. 54b's have a tendency towards doing that. CLICK HERE for a nice tutorial on how to adjust the valves. |
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Post by Smorkle on May 5, 2010 15:34:29 GMT -6
When I replaced my original rollers with sliders I went with 12g and it helped out on the low end take off quite a bit. I have noticed that my scooter works very hard at the upper end. I was thinking about moving back to 14g since I did an engine modification last fall to see if that helped me out any.
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Post by Smorkle on Apr 13, 2010 20:35:54 GMT -6
Most of the stop lights in the KC area now have photo sensors to tell if cars are waiting rather than loop sensors in the road. These kind don't usually cause the same problems as the loop type. There are still a few of the loops around though. There's one I go through by the post office that's tricky, but I know if I position my scoot in just a certain spot it'll get picked up.
Honestly, having installed some of those type of sensors, i don't think a magnetic field would really affect them one way or the other. IE: I think it's an old (motorcycle) wives tale. The things are metal detectors, not magnetic field detectors.
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